The Outlaws (2017) :
Brief Review -
Highly repetitive and Predictable but indeed an enjoyable Action drama. The Outlaws is a film i believe made very much for the Chinese and Korean audience only as it deals with the local gangism and their impact on the society. Coming from the true events directly still doesn't help to reduce the predictability ratio but that doesn't mean everything if the majority of audience love watching the same stuff in entertaining manners. The film depicts the detective's attempts to keep peace while two Chinese-Korean gangs battle over turf in the neighborhood. How well the opposition does and how well the protaganist do at the end is nothing new what we saw since 70s. We know our hero is gonna knock out the villain in macho style but doesn't it deserve any new treatments or theories according to time? The Outlaws makers didn't think about it but i am sure audience must have. Originally, a Blockbuster response to the film proves that people loved the gangism factors and connected to it quickly because it happened to them reality and if it is gonna glorify the security system then what can possibly go wrong with a mainstream commercial flick? Two best things about The Outlaws are the 2 sides and Level of powerful face off it shows. Yes the protagonist is supposed to be the winner but it is more important to show the opponent in strong role which is why the Face off looks exciting and enjoyable. The comedy adds some light moments but otherwise it is a very dark toned film. Certainly there was a scope for a twist in the climax which might have erased that black spot of predictable narrative. Yoon Seong-Kang's direction seems reasonable according to the whatever ordinary script he wrote himself. In 2 hours, The Outlaws doesn't feel boring which is enough to call it a good film. Rest, it has some certain loopholes which never matter in this action oriented universe.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest
Highly repetitive and Predictable but indeed an enjoyable Action drama. The Outlaws is a film i believe made very much for the Chinese and Korean audience only as it deals with the local gangism and their impact on the society. Coming from the true events directly still doesn't help to reduce the predictability ratio but that doesn't mean everything if the majority of audience love watching the same stuff in entertaining manners. The film depicts the detective's attempts to keep peace while two Chinese-Korean gangs battle over turf in the neighborhood. How well the opposition does and how well the protaganist do at the end is nothing new what we saw since 70s. We know our hero is gonna knock out the villain in macho style but doesn't it deserve any new treatments or theories according to time? The Outlaws makers didn't think about it but i am sure audience must have. Originally, a Blockbuster response to the film proves that people loved the gangism factors and connected to it quickly because it happened to them reality and if it is gonna glorify the security system then what can possibly go wrong with a mainstream commercial flick? Two best things about The Outlaws are the 2 sides and Level of powerful face off it shows. Yes the protagonist is supposed to be the winner but it is more important to show the opponent in strong role which is why the Face off looks exciting and enjoyable. The comedy adds some light moments but otherwise it is a very dark toned film. Certainly there was a scope for a twist in the climax which might have erased that black spot of predictable narrative. Yoon Seong-Kang's direction seems reasonable according to the whatever ordinary script he wrote himself. In 2 hours, The Outlaws doesn't feel boring which is enough to call it a good film. Rest, it has some certain loopholes which never matter in this action oriented universe.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest